Dementia care mapping: Effects on residents' quality of life and challenging behavior in German nursing homes. A quasi-experimental trial

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1875-1892

  Dichter, Martin Nikolaus ^a,b   Quasdorf, Tina ^a,b   Schwab, Christian Günter Georg ^a,b   Trutschel, Diana ^a,b,c   Haastert, Burkhard ^d   Riesner, Christine ^a,b,e   Bartholomeyczik, Sabine ^b   Halek, Margareta ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d MediStatistica ^*  (Germany)

^e Division Nursing Science and Pedagogics Ministry of Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

challenging behavior; dementia; dementia care mapping; nursing homes; person centered care; psychosocial intervention; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA CARE MAPPING; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GERMANIC PEOPLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY NURSING HOME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALIDEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ALZHEIMER DISEASE SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; CLIENT CENTERED THERAPY; GERMANY; NURSING HOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944175412     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610215000927     Document Type: Article

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